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G. H. FELLER.

15110111.1112. APPLIATION FILED HAB.. 14, 1912.

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Be it known thatl, Gnonon H. s citizcn of the United States, residin at Beach City, inthe county of Stark and vtate of Ohio, hiive invented certain new ,and usal. ful Improvements in Aero'planes; d'1 do hereby declare thefollowing' to be nafull, clear, and Vexact description' of' the e,

suoli as will enable others 'skilled in'theuxrt( to whichjt appertains to ineke-and use the eame reference being had to the accompanyma marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in aeroplane: or aerial machines and the objects of the invention being, ilrst to provide mechanism-whereby the aeroplane can be raised in a vertical plane as soon as the machine is put in motion, and second, to rothe pro g mechanism in such a manner ,that the seno lane ma .be controlled, that is tosay may propel ed in a horizontal plane or at any an le. s

i further object is tofprovidemeans for. controlling and adjusting the Propellers. in auch a manner thattthe machine proper canl be easily guided. These'msin I accomplish by meansof'the variouaideviccsarrunged and-.so conn manipulation of the various inovable.. aiid` ndiustable parte can be easilycontrollei.

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erence refer to corresponding-parta in the several views.

Figure 1 is a top 1an view. Fig. 2 la a transverse section t rough the propeller actuated shaft and a side elevation of the propeller shiftin mechanism. Fig.; 8. is s ougitudinnl sect ou of the7 ro er schiet-- ing shaft the propeller ating shaft and devices or.-holding the rc er. in xed adjustment. Fig. 4 is a si e e evation. A Fig. eis a longitudinal vertica1-section.;.1 i .6 is a frontend elevation.; -iaa on ofthe lane'controlling mec anism consisting of. ollowuhaftaand levers.- F 8 la a longitudinal`r sectionrshowingLL, longo! ro llersandflthen' ih ptliefsamai :Fig-lmewshawing oun'd'. wheels f :mounted rawings, and 'other means of reference.

objects-,and many minorlonet'j Bdd Jalalthor -iif-enonen 'E f for ons?, onm- ".PatentedOct. 1, 1912.

tall thefparachute releasing device. Fig. 12 is a sectional view on line 11-11, Fig. 11. Fig. 18 is'a section on line 13-13, of F 1 7.

Eig. 414 is an enlar ed sectional view o the two'- steerin whee s for; the vertical and horizontal panes of the rudder.

"QSimilar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 repre- 'sentsfthe skeleton frame made up of suitable bars and so arranged as to rovide means for attaching the various fixe and movable Earn hereinafter described. The bottom or oor 2 is made up of light material such as commonly used in devices of the character to which my invention pertains upon which door is located the motor 3, which motor may be of any desired construction or of any kind suitable for aerial navigation referably gasolene. Upon the engine sha t 4 are located sprocketwheels 5, which sprocket whelLmust necessarily be located side b side but in Fig. 5, one sprocketl wheel is shown, andthe drive chains 6 and 7 are .illustrated side, by side at their bottom or lower londa. p'lhedrivechains and 7 extend upward .andaroundthe sprocket wheelaS and 9, said sprigclretI .wheels being securely mounted jupon the 'long lpjroller actuating shafts 10 and- 11,whic a 4are properly ournaled inthe sidebars 12. Upon-the sha ts 10 and llare mounted and securely fixed the beveledgearwheels-Iand 14, which beveled g`o a r,wheels mesh with the beveled gear ywlieelalli and 16, .which beveled gear wheels 15'and 16 are lixedl connected to the ro- 'Yeller shafts 17 and 8, said propeller shafts 7 and lbcng ournaled in suitable bearings formed in t e oscillating bars 19 and 2 0 and to the pro ller shafts 17 and 18 arc securely connecte the propellers 21 and 22, which ropellers are for the urpose of liftl an 2propellin the aerop ane. The prope ers1A 1.l and 2 are so geared that they will all Arotate in unison and all exert an equal lifting or propelling force. It will beunderstood that in order to shift th e glireotion oithe areoplane that is to say vfrom.the' .v,ei'tice.l movement to a horizontal lgir. iiiclin'ed.movement-it will be necessary to the iropellers 21 and 22 into dterent :grec an in: order to accomplish this the -levers 2 8,and 24 are provided, which rock-levers are journaled upon the propeller fe'nds o f the oscillating bars 19 and' and 20 and their lower ends "after" th against the bl provided 'w th thefrolle's 40, and under 'are rovded with the an led whicii' s levers 23 and 24 are rolxe'dsb means of the' L rack bat-fand pinion, the latng barsfl!) and 20'will be c arriedwrith the Atop onup r, ends of the rock bars'gi'and@ and xn o erf tb 'prevent an axialm'ojementi 'of the acilf loting bars 1 and 20, said oscillating bi rtions 82,

angled portions are loch c l'thmo' h an'gledapertures 88 formed in 'the' rock vers`28 and' 24.

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'.xnu be su rted and in' order to sap thsosk' cillatiiigo bars19 and 90 4the bars 84 s'reprovided, which are conn d 'st their upper ends to the oscillating] bara Y19 looms ed upon the propeller shafts 1,0 and l. f 1, It wi l be understoodfthnt the propellers m'ust: be held in thelirclper ad ustaient'ajdj for the pui-pleas ol' 'so- 'o dii'g e propelle'rljv svebee'n ldjnstd or Vliroixg'ht into the' 'the'ibloch 8 5 rovided, which blocks n 'e ptoyid'ed with: he toothed segments 86 and the rock sa an es prendedlwith at, 'whlchenw1 @ferma-esse time theriock bara Qfsad'itij 'ao' th'st they' msybe 'rocked so u to brin?" the into thedoslred angle, theo'ot lever o r vers' 89 are' rovided'whioh'footleverl "ar'e:

which rollers' the cords 4:1'e'xte1ld-1xu when4 the levers 89 arepmseed'jdown's'pnllin action will be given 'to thejeords 41, whi' cords are connected'to theto ornp r ends of the rock bars 28`and s ndw en the pressure ia removed from' tha-:tonificvers 89 the springs-88 willfngfxm( QBQM said foot levers sndat thefss'ine West the teeth 87 into the proper' notchesfqlthe' toothed se enoseypj=f; f,{'.jj-i:,

eohi'e'dting bars are connected at tlielrlbottorn or lower ends to the' rock arms y, which rock amis am securely mounted '-u ln the rock shafts 48 and 49 :which rock s faits? are connected to the lower members fof 'the bifurcated ends' 50 and the bars 44 "Mid 45"connect'ed to the-upper members of the 'bifurcatedenda 50. f

l 1'For the [iii of 'providing means for ampli-ting; rockin or oscillating movements t the various p unes 42 und 43, a series of levers 51; 52, 58, 54, and 55 are provided ildid levers manipulated to move from 'time to time. any one particular plane independent of the other or all ofthe planes in unison. The lever 53 is 'fixed to the solid rock shaft 56, which is journsled at its ends in suitable bearin 57 fixed to the bottom or platform-ott e, machine proper. The levers ldaFted to uct-unto the lunes-inde# -pendent o each other are fixe l mounted 'upon the hollow-shafts 58,I 59, 'andthes'e vhollow shafts are concentrically tpbnthesolid shaft 56 and their4 'inner en a from each other as best fillttstat'ed 'in Fig. 7. The hollow shaft '58 .improvided with a sprocket, wheel 62, and "the hollow shaft'59- isproyided with a lpNck'eUwheel 68. The hollow shaft 00 is pttr'iti'ed 1rith't-he`- @rocket 'wheel 64 and ,the hollow shaft 61 1s provided with the FI1` Elttlti'theel'4 65. L ".'l|:6"f'lhejsolidshaft 56 are mounted dfleg'lnentsand`67, which toothed zsegtent'srengnged b the s ringpreseed fpswlsf:70."-When the over 5 is moved it carries 'with it-tho'lolid shaft 5 6, the inner 'hollow elastici-'59 and 61, and the outer hollow shafts 58 and 60, all of said shafts o ratively connected together by means o the 'toothed 'segments 66 and 67 upon the -solid shaft 56 and 68 and (lil on .ther-'bollente1 shafts 59 and 61 respectively, and 'the spring pressed pnwls 70 upon the levers 51,52, 58, 54 and 55. The levers 52 lnfd .54 'iro mounted upon the hollow shafts 59 and-61: mpeeti'vely, so that' when the lebki 'eithe'rofthe hollow'shafts 58 and 6.0 nslerlvelvflhe-rockshafts 48 and 49 are ho o'wsn are preferably rotatablyr mountmi idtally connected the connecting barsl 4st'.

Vex-e152 or 54: are rocked they will carry with D, and (l1, l

Locatie ed spes Seife-Steen. 'nach' essaie-- reca' conncte'd'- the Tck-'rms 47 'which' `opera-te the left hand plane 42for'43. Toeacli sec'- A' 'tion is. fixedly 1ccu'nected 'a sprocket wheel; the s wheel'72'iconnected .to 'the 'right fj, 1o han'rsec'tion and the "sr'iroclret*wheel"'T3 to the left hand section'I of the hollow sha-ft 4 48 or 49.- sprocket chain l74 is provided sprocket -wheels 62, 63, zb

orf` each of' the 'and 65. The sprocket-: wheI-IQupon-the shaft 48 is connected 'to .thegs rocket-:wheel 62 by means of a chain 74 and wheel 73 upon the shaft48 connected to the sprocket wheel' 63'; The sprocket chains 74 also connect the sprocket wheels 64 and 65 to the leftA and right hand sprocket vlieels respectively upon the rear rock -The rearend ofthe aeroplane or machine* is provided with the horizontal rudder plane 75 and-the vertical lanes being pivotall connected in any well own manner, the orizontal planebeing for the' purposeof delecting the machine from a true horizontal linea'nd the vertical rudder plane 76 being forthepurpose of guiding the machine :properI laterally or Y what might b'e termed at right angles vto the 'guiding action of the horizontal rudder plane 75. For the purpose of-adjustin the :l5-rudder planes 75- and 7 6 suitable corr or chains 77 and 78 are provided, "which are operatively connected' tol the actuatin or4 adjusting pulleys 79 and 80, said puleys being mounted upon the shaft 81 and each 40 provided with operating handles .or levers 82 and 83; Uponthe to or u per portion of the machine roper is coatedp a parachute 84 which is hel in c1 x horizontal position by meansl of a suit-able 4catch bar.85.to which-is pivotallyl attached, the lever 86,' which is operated-bi' 87 and when released. the parac ute is so constructed:l and arranged that it will: be brought intoivertical osition when it is free to expand in theor inary'manner. The parachute within itself and its particular construction is not to the fact that'it pertains to a separate class of inventions and forms the subject matter of' a se arate application. The catch bar 85 s idably mounted within the -grooves 90, which grooves are located in the guide members .9.1. A pin 92 carried by the catch bar 85 engages a slot 93 in the upper extremity ofthe bell crank lever 86.- A bar 94' provided with an e e 95 `at one extremity is pivoted at its ot er extremity to a lug 96 carried upon the upper portion of the machine proper. 65 in the guide members'91, which slot is 'the rod 98 of the parachute- "be held beneath saidl bar or bolt 85 'g'agement with the the sprocket4 rudder .plane 76,' said' are provided, which Osed and substantially `transparentpanes 104 through which the 110 the machine. '42 are located upon shafts-10G and pivotall connected Ato'- the .cord

described in detail, owing 'A slot 97 is provided l adapted to receive 'the' eye195. The end of is adapted to rod 9 4. When the in closed' position'"the catch is passed through the 'eye' 95 as shown in Figs. 11 and 12. When'it'is desired to release the parachute 'the cord 87'L is 'p ulle'd', thereby rockingthe belli crank parachute is lever V.Siiand drawihg'the bolt 85 out of en eye 9 5. When, the' har 941s released thespring'actionfof the. ribs' of; the parachute will cause the parachute toe4 trown /upward i The' forward endofthe parachute is adapted' to beloca'ted when inic'losed position 'in' a socket 4v99 formed in the upward portion ofthe machine proper. Ropes or wires 100 are attached to the lower extremities ofthe parachute bars and connected to a ring 101, to which ring are connected heavy cables 102 which are fastened to the frame of the machine.

For the to be move upon the ground as an ordina vehicle the traveling wheels 86 are rovid which traveling wheels are journalled'in the yokes 87 which yokes are connected to the rock shafts @18 and the torsion springs 89 rings are forthe purpose of normally hol in the yokesf'against that whenthe machine lights upon the' ground the torsion springs will receive theshock as between the traveling Wheels'. andv the ound, thereby. eliminating any sud# den )ar whenA the machine comes in contact withthe'ground;

the machinel and inl the center thereof "is proan acute angle. This housin d motion/ofthe machine,

bythe -forwa-r and is provided 'wit obtain ay view of the path of Beneath the forward planesvertical -planes 105, lmounted operator may gether by .means of a bar 10 A .cable 108 connects said planes and passesover a steerin wheel 109.*

aving fully described my linvention At the yforward end 'of of air, cause in a positron' to.open.`f

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iurpose of allowing the machine I what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an aeroplane of the character described, the'combination of a suitable frame, a motor carried bg' the frame, twin propellers located at t e rear and the front 'of the frame, rocking planes located at the frontand the rear of the propellers, means for moving said planes in unison or independently,.vertica1 planes located beneath said rocking planes and in planes intermediate the ends of said rocking planes, and an independent horizontal pla-ne located at the 96 upward movement atf't eirlower ends so a vertical plane looated and af hous- Xtremity of rear ofsaid planes, beneathsad. horizontal plane, ing carrried :upon theorwarcl said frame, v

2.-4 In an aeroplane oflthe oharacter de,.-l serlbed, the combmation of a frame, a motr 'carried' lby 'said frame, propellers opel;- ated by said motor, planes located at the rear and the front of said Arame .andat opf posite` slides thereof, said planes xxglininte'd1 upon rock Shafts? connecting 1nks pvotally attached to said planes, rock bars located below the planes a d theeonneeting; pvotally .connected thee'to,' and means jor rocking the planes,said means Consisting of -l a .geek Shaft, a nook lever located uponsad upon .eachof pair of liollowehafts iil'st mentioned hollow cated; upon said second pair of hollow v allaite, meansjonnecting'said rock shaftsto said lrook'barsand means for moving each rock .shaft independently.

.A In testmlony have heieunto subscribed my name 1n the presence. of twowitnesses.

. I GEORGE HQFELLER.

Witnesses:-

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